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DEVICE VFOR VMAKING- INK.

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UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE wExLER, OE BROOKLYN, AND ERNST NIENSTAEDT, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR MAKING INK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,371, dated March27, 1894.

Application filed March 23, 1893.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE WExLER, of the city of Brooklyn, and ERNSTNIENSTAEDT, of the city of New York, both in the State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Making Ink;and We do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecication.

This invention relates to ink-making devices to be used for making inkin the ink- Well or otherwise as it is required from time to time.

The object is to provide a device of this character which is convenientfor use, can be handled without soiling the lingers, can be carriedabout without dangerof injury or loss by breakage or of staining otherarticles carried with it, and shall be of very low cost.

The invention consists in the improved article of manufacturehereinafter described and in the combination therewith of a protector topreserve it from injury and prolong its usefulness.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improvedink-making device ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section ofan ink-well having the ink-making device and the protector applied. Fig.3 is a horizontal section on the line .fr-x of Fig. 2.

The device, which is shown at A, in the several figures of the drawings,consists of a strip of absorbent material, such as blotting paper,saturated with a chemical substance which, when mixed with water, willform a good ink, dried and formed into a coil. According to the natureof the material employed the coil may of itself retain its form whendried or it may require to be held in form. 1n the latter case weprovide for this purpose means which can be removed readily when thecoil is to be used or shall soften and permit the coil to expand whenplaced in water. As shown, these means consist of a bit of gummed paperB, Fig. 1, which is Serial No. 467,267. (No model.)

caused to adhere directly to the coil to hold down the outer end. Assoon as the coil is placed in water the gum softens and allows the coilto expand against the walls of the ink-well. s

In the use of the device the coil A, having been prepared properly isplaced in the ink- Well C and the latter is lled with water. The coilthen expands and lies snugly against the Walls of the Well, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3. The chemical with which the pores of the paper or othermaterial are filled is dissolved by the water and is diffused throughoutthe same, converting it into an ink of a kind and quality which dependupon the materials used. The water may be replenished from time to timeas the liquid is used or evaporrates, until the chemical is exhausted.

As stated above the coil expands in the water and lies against the wallsof the well, for the most part out of the way of the pen as it is dippedinto the ink, but as the pen might sometimes be stuck into the paper andcause its gradual disintegration anditself be clogged with loose bers weprefer to use with the coil a shield D which may have a ange d to restupon the top of the well, a tapered or conical portion d terminatingwithin the line of the expanded coil A and extended if necessary by asleeve d2 to carry it below the level of the upper edge of the coil.With this shield in place it will be rarely, if ever, that the point ofthe pen is stuck into the paper. Furthermore, the shield may be used asa holder for the dry coil to permit it to be placed gently and withoutslopping the ink, in a well already filled, the sleeve d2 being for thispurpose adapted to fit snugly within the dry coil. The shield, when madein the form shown, can be used with ink-wells of different sizes.

We are aware that it has been proposed heretofore to saturate a strip ofabsorbent material with a chemical ink and to dry the same, andtherefore we do not seek to-claim the same broadly herein.

We claim as our invention- 4 1. As an article of manufacture apstrip ofabsorbent material saturated with a chemical ink, dried and formed intoa. coil and held in form by a seal soluble in water.

2. The combination with a coiled strip of absorbent material saturatedwith a chemical ink and dried, and a shield having a supporting1 flangeand a sleeve to enter Within the co1 In testimony whereof We have signedour names to this specification in the presence of 1o two subscribingWitnesses.

GEORGE WEXLER. ERNST NIENSTAEDT.

Witnesses:

A. N. JESBERA, A. WIDDER.

